Electrical lighting device for cigars and the like



J. M. MORRIS.

ELECTRICAL LIGHTING DEVICE FOR CIGARS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. 2. 1919.

1,876,154. Patented Apr. 26,1921.

OFFICE.

JOSHUA M. MORRIS, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

ELECTRICAL LIGHTING DEVICE FOR CIGARS AND THE LIKE.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSHUA M. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrical Lighting Devices for Cigars and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an electrical lighting device of the type in which an incandescent element is employed for lighting cigars, th bacco or the like, an object of this invention being to provide a device in which the incandescing element is mounted upon a part which is removably connected to a stationary part through which the electricity is supplied to the incandescing element, thus permitting the latter to be connected to or disconnected from the electrical current.

To this andffther ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described, the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

' Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through the removable member of the device;

.l ig. 2 is an end view of the removable member;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the stationary or socket member of the device;

Fig. a is a fragmentary view of one end of the socket member;

Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation and partially in section showing the two members of the device connected;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 66, Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 shows a fragmentary view partially in section in which the incandescing element is extended through one end of the removable member in order that the device mPiy be used for lighting a pipe.

11 the illustrated embodiment of the invention there is employed a stationary member which may be attached to any suitable support such for instance .as the dash board of an automobile and removably connected to this stationary part or member is a member by which the incandescing body is carried, said removable member being adapted for connection with the stationary member for the purpose of heating the incandescing Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

Application filed October 2, 1919. Serial No. 328,041.

element or body to incandescence after which the removable part is disconnected from the stationary part and is employed for lighting a cigar.

The stationary part in this instance is in the form of a socket member 1 adapted to be fitted in an opening in the dash board of an .automobile and having its open end in this instance formed with a flange 2 secured by screws 3 to the dash board. The dash board of an automobile is ordinarily grounded and as a consequence the socket l which is metallic and forms one of the terminals of the stationary part is likewise grounded. The other terminal of the stationary part is in this instance formed by a head 7 of a screw 5 which extends through an o ening 6 in the inner end of the socket mem er 1. Two insulating washers 4, one on the inside of the socket member and the other on the outside, insulate the terminal 7 from the socket 1. Nuts 8 on the screw 5 hold the terminal 7 to the socket member and in addition serve for securing the conductor wire 9 which preferably leads from the battery. 7

' The removable member of the lighter comprises in this instance a hollow plug 10, one side wall of which is formed with a lateral opening 11. This hollow plug is spun at 12. at its inner end about an enlargement 13 on a sleeve or tube 14 which fits within an insulating cap 15 serving as the handle for the hollow plug, the insulating cap abutting the enlargement 13 of the sleeve 14:. Within the hollow plug 10 an incandescing element 16 is arranged preferably in the form of a high resistance carbon. instance, one end of this carbon rod projects into a socket in a terminal piece 17 which is arranged within a bushing 18 that is secured in the end of the plug, an insulating sleeve 19 being arranged between the bushing 18 and the terminal 17. The other end of this carbon or incandescing rod 16 abuts a plug 20 of low resistance carbon fitted in a socket 21 that is formed in the plunger 22 which operates within the sleeve 14:, a spring 23 also being arranged in the sleeve and acting on the plunger 22 to hold the low resistance carbon 20 against the high resistance carbon or incandescing element 16. Instead of employing the terminal 17, the incandescing member 16 may be extended through the insulating sleeve 19 to In this project from the end of the bushing as shown in Fig. 7, this construction being designed for lighting pipes.

It is preferred to provide some means normally for holding the incandescing element 16 out of electrical connection with the. terminal 7 and to this end a helical spring 28 may be arranged within the socket member 1 to cooperate with theremovable plug 10 about the bushing 18 in the manner shown in Fig. 5, thus holding the terminal 17. out of electrical connection with the terminal 7. If the plug or removable member be pushed inwardly against the spring 28, the terminals 7 and 17 will be brought into engagement and, in this way, the current will flow through the incandescing element 16, thus heating. the latter to the point of incandescence after which the removable member is withdrawn from the socket member and a cigar may be lighted by introducing it into engagement with the incandescing member 16 through the opening 11 in the side of the plug or tubular terminal 10. Of course, with a pipe, the construction shown in Fig. 7 is used in which instance the end of the incandescing element 16 is introduced into the pipe.

It is desirable to interlock the removable plug with the socket member and to this end the plug is provided on one side with a projection 24 which is pressed up from the metal of the tubular terminal 10 and is adapted to be passed into a longitudinally formed groove 25 in the inner face of the socket member, this groove 25 communicating with a laterally extending groove 26 in the socket member, 'the wall 27 of said groove 26 nearest the open end of the socket being inclined so that as the projection 24 enters the laterally extending groove, it will, under the action of the s ring 28, be held against the inclined Wal 27 at the outer end of the lateral groove 26, the friction between the projection 2 and the inclined wall 27 being sufiicient to prevent the removable plug being accidentally discon-' nected from the stationary socket member, yet at the same time the lateral groove 26 is of suflicient width to permit the plug to be moved inwardly in order that its terminal 17 may be brought into contact with the terminal 7 at the inner end of the socket member. I

From the foregoing it will be seen that there has been provided a lighting device which may be attached to any suitable support such for instance as the dash of an automobile. This lighting device has a stationary member preferably in the form of a socket, and a removable member, preferably in the form of a plug. The front face of the socket member is preferably substantially flush with the front face of the dash and the removable member or plug electrical connection. This element may be, readily brought to incandescence by the.

movement of the plug axially against the action of the spring. This spring also serves for holding the plug interlocked with 1 the socket member so that the vibration of the vehicle will not disconnect the plug from the socket member. 7 What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A lighting device com-prising two members, one of which is stationary and is,

provided with two terminals and the other of which is provided with two terminals and an exposed incandescing device connecting said terminals, the two terminals of the first mentioned member being adapted to be engaged by the two terminals of the second mentioned member in order to conduct the current through the incandescing device, the second mentioned member being removable from the'first mentioned member and having a position on the first mentioned memherin which its two contacts will lie out of engagement with the two contacts of the first mentioned member, and a spring for holding said second mentioned member with its two contacts out of engagement with'the two contacts of the first mentioned member, said spring being yieldable to permit the second mentioned member to be movedon the first mentioned member in order that the two contacts of the second mentioned member may be brought into engagement with the two contacts of the first mentioned'member in order to bring the incandescing device to incandescence.

2. A lighting device comprising a socket member-forming a terminal and having also another terminal, a member insertible in said socket member and having an exposed incandescing body adapted to be brought to incandescence when connected with the two terminals, said member having a position on the socket member in which the circuit through the incandescing body is broken, and a spring forholding said member on the socket out of electrical connection. with one of the terminals of the socket so that the circuit is broken.

3. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming oneterminal, a terminal arranged within said socket, a hollow terminal of conducting material having an opening in its side wall and adapted to be introduced in the socket, and an incandescing body arranged in said hollow terminal.

4. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming a terminal, a terminal arranged in the socket, a hollow terminal having an opening in its side wall and adapted to be introduced into said stationary socket, a terminal secured in the end of the hollow terminal to cooperate with the terminal in the socket, an incandescing body within the hollow terminal, and spring means actingon saidincandescing body to hold it to the terminal at the end of the hollow terminal.

5. A lighting device comprising a station ary socket forming one terminal, a terminal arranged within the socket,a hollow terminal having an opening in its side wall and adapted to be introduced into the stationary socket, an insulator arranged in the end of the hollow terminal, a terminal arranged in said insulator, an incandescing body having its end positioned in said insulator against the last named terminal, and a spring pressed plunger acting on said incandescing body to hold it to the insulator.

6. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming a terminal a terminal arranged within the socket, a hollow terminal having an opening in its side wall and adapted to be introduced into the stationary socket, asleeve insulator arranged in the end of the hollow terminal, a terminal secured in said sleeve insulator to contact with the terminal in the socket, an incandescing body having one end extending into said sleeve lnsulator and its other end connected with the hollow terminal.

7. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming a terminal, a terminal arranged in said socket, a spring arranged in the socket, a removable hollow terminal adapted to fit in the socket, and an incandescing body carried by said removable hollow terminal and adapted to be brought into electrical connection with the terminal in the stationary socket when the hollow terminal is moved to compress the spring.

8. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming one terminal, a terminal arranged within the socket, a spring arranged within the socket, a hollow terminal having an opening in its side wall and adapted to be introduced in said stationary socket, a terminal insulated from the hollow terminal and arranged at the end of said terminal to contact with the terminal in the socket, and an incandescing element arranged in the hollow terminal to be exposed through the opening and electrically connected to the hollow terminal and the terminal in the end of the hollow terminal.

9. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming one terminal, a terminal arranged Within the socket, a hollow terminal having an opening in its side wall and adapted to be introduced into said stationary socket, an insulator in the end of the hollow terminal, a terminal arranged in said insulator, an incandescing body projecting into said terminal, and a spring pressed plunger acting upon said incandescing body.

10. A lighting device comprising a stationary socket forming a terminal, a terminal arranged in said socket, a spring in the socket, a removable hollow terminal adapted to fitin the socket, an incandescing body carried by said removable hollow terminal and adapted to be brought into electrical connection with the terminal in the stationary socket when the hollow terminal is moved to compress the spring, and interlocking connections between the stationary socket and the removable hollow terminal controlled by said spring. I

11. A lighting device comprising a 'stationary socket forming one terminal and having its inner wall provided with a longitudinally extending groove and a laterally extending groove leading from said longitudinally extending groove, a terminal arranged in said socket, a removable hollow terminal adapted to fit in the socket and provided with a projection adapted to operate" in the longitudinally extending and laterally extending grooves, and an incandescing body carried by said removable hollow terminal and adapted to be brought into electrical connection with the terminal in the socket when the hollow terminal is moved longitudinally in the socket.

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